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maelstrom |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Maelstrom \Mael"strom\, n. [Norw., a whirlpool.] 1. A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway. 2. Also Fig.; as a maelstrom of vice. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: maelstrom n : a powerful circular current of water (usually the resulting of conflicting tides) [syn: {whirlpool}, {vortex}]
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